american. education the world how long do you think it will continue. until you predict the. difficult maybe a number thirty twenty thirty years in other another twenty thirty years or twenty years in the russian university become world class. last students who are go out go to the u.s. and maybe some american turn. come to turn on the russia. because here in the west already. good enough. well you say twenty thirty years but. what's happening now is that russia at least according to your rankings is moving in the other direction the only russian university that's in the ranking is the moscow seat in a verse in the number one here well it's number one in russia it it's look it's. in the eighty eighth position this year but in two thousand and four it was in the sixty six position so it's going going down in the ratings so why why do you think what's wrong with russian education because we used to have one of the best educational system in the soviet union but it's being downgraded here after what's happening now and nothing wrong with the right education. i guess there is in moscow state university is getting lower resistance in the last few years is because other universities came much faster progress.

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of the ongoing violence in egypt from dr saeed sadak he's a political social issues at the american university in cairo but dr sadegh the opposition has refused to participate in a dialogue proposed by president morsi why is that i mean is is dialogue is violence the alternative to dialogue is that what the opposition is trying to tell us. idealogue must be. on certain purposes. experience of the logan was a president what what was called the national dialogue has been a failure and so they don't want to give the president. any piece of a photo opportunity that they are all sitting and nothing happens there were many experiences in which opposition would say it was a government and the president agree on something and then after a while you'll find that there was no agreement and that is why the decided not to join also they feel that the president and the government the current government is in trouble and so they don't want to give it any lease of life or any support so that the government becomes strong again so they feel that this is a time to persia what should have been a better so. they

half of all masters and doctoral degrees at american universities are earned by foreign-born students who then face an uncertain, expensive and i will be passed to pursuing their dreams in the united states. our country is hemorrhaging innovation in the inventors to make them and the jobs that come with them. they fail to keep up the demands of the modern age. we cannot afford to keep educating the worlds brightest event saturday the universities, which are subsidized by u.s. tax dollars and ameritrade charitable giving and they cannot repay those investments by contributing to the u.s. workforce. this post that policy and bad business. that's why the market on this issue, introducing those in calling for creation of a new class of grain price for immigrants to earn an advanced from an american university. i was especially cried to see the framework yesterday by senator mccain, schumer, rubio and others, which may sisters comprehensive immigration reform embraces this vital core premise. i also welcome president obama's contributions to this discussion i look forward to hearing what h

part of what i call the party of global governance certainly includes leaders of a major american university american law schools in particular, leading ngos, beating american foundations and ford foundations. these of the european union. all of these are part of what i call the global governance movement. .1 is a major actor. .2 is a conflict going on between global governance and the forces of the liberal democratic nationstate. .3 means we need to rethink world politics. we think of it today is the nations can and may be ngos. we have to take the party of global governance and put it on the chessboard. it's a major actor, and actor adversarial to american interest and american values and democracy in general. certainly adversarial to nationstate struggling such as israel. we think in terms of categories of liberal internationalism, realism, but we haven't thought of global politics, which is now transnational. american lawyers are going to international courts to try to indict american airmen. that's transnational politics. we need a rethinking of world politics. we have a hostile player.

in the region because of the american missionary connection. >> host: could that university have been put in another middle east city and thrived, survived? >> guest: perhaps, but the american presence was no great ere anywhere else, and in addition to being ambition, visionary, and practical and come pass gnat was very patriotically american. he wanted to create a school that was not going to be controlled by other nationalities or other interests, but wanted to create a school that represents the american model of education, that lived american values, and that gave people in the middle east an awareness that an american education was something that would benefit their lives every day in tangible ways, and he succeeded. >> host: why is it important to tell the story in your view? >> guest: because i think most middle east earners and americans for that matter are unaware of the deeper humanity and america's involvement in the middle east. when we think of our involvement in the middle east, it centers on oil, is real, and military security, and the middle east feel likewis

journal" contunr >> donald williamson is the executive director of the kogod tax center at american university. >> the alternative minimum tax retroactively expired. avery activity increased in the extinction. the other change was the basic change in the rates. that only applies to the higher income americans. >> here is a story from "time" magazine == -- >> if you fill out your return, there is a form in which you recalculate your entire tax. one of the elements is an exemption. it was scheduled to be $45,000 for 2012. congress reenacted what had been the exemption which was 75,000. that is for a married couple. millions of people will not have to pay that tax in 2012. >> donald williamson is a certified public accountant. the payroll tax holiday ended with the fiscal cliff deal. americans received two percent more taken out of their paychecks. who will it affect? >> that will start right away. the changes have to be made no later than february 15. it is in everyone's interests that it be done as soon as possible. an extra two percent will have to be taken out. they are worth 6.2% be taken ou

richard nixon resigned his office. >> reporter: american university historian dr.llan lichtman says president obama must use the power of the people to sway congress and it appears that will be part of the inaugural address. >> he's going to talk about our political system doesn't require to us resolve all our disputes or political difference, but it does require us to seek chop ground when it can and should exist. -- common ground when it can and should exist. he's going to make that point very strongly. >> reporter: a new public opinion group will be made for public action. >> we want to make that there is people out there pushing for action. >> reporter: tax reform, entitlement, jobs and spending among the top issues for americans. gun control, climate change and international affairs are also on the agenda. you really don't have four years now. it will start to slip away very quickly. you've got to set some priorities because the president's time, the secretary of state's time, secretary of defense's time is pretty limited. you better know what you want to a be

joining me notice for history is american university professor dr. alan lichtman.d morning. >> my pleasure to be here. >> i was looking through this report. all these facts and firsts and presidents. >> yeah. >> lofts bullet points here. i'm wondering what you think the bullet points will be after this year. >> well, i think the bullet point will be how can he top what happened four years ago? you know, 2 million people came here. he was the first african american president ever nog rated, decades ahead of time really in terms of what experts thought was likely. so he's got to rise to the occasion and deliver a great inaugural address. >> the address, yes. >> that's the key. >> and has anyone given any peeks yet as to what it might contain? >> no, but i think it's got to contain kind of those great catch phrases that we remember from inaugurations past. we have nothing to fear but fear itself. ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. how can hen cans late goals for the second term in a vivid way that sticks in people's memorie

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>> i am a grad student at american university. i know you are investigating criminal activity in afghanistan. how could you crackdown on someone like that? it is amazing it is going on in the united states as far as finding previous afghan officials and one is suspected of corruption and embezzlement. is there anything going on in terms -- inside the united states in terms of cracking down on former afghan officials? >> i cannot discuss any long ago -- ongoing investigations. we deal with facts. we deal of evidence. where that takes us, we follow. we are unique or in afghanistan but we also have indictments and investigations, criminal investigations in the united states. i believe we just arrested and convicted a senior enlisted man for taking bribes. as a matter of fact, we have a unique approach. i had my own prosecutors on my staff. i pay their salaries and they are called sig-pros. we have special investigations going on. i don't want to comment on any -- there are speculations and allegations out there and that is good for a

>> i am a grad student at american university. i know you are investigating criminal activity in afghanistan. how could you crackdown on someone like that? it is amazing it is going on in the united states as far as finding previous afghan officials and one is suspected of corruption and embezzlement. is there anything going on in terms -- inside the united states in terms of cracking down on former afghan officials? >> i cannot discuss any long ago -- ongoing investigations. we deal with facts. we deal of evidence. where that takes us, we follow. we are unique or in afghanistan but we also have indictments and investigations, criminal investigations in the united states. i believe we just arrested and convicted a senior enlisted man for taking bribes. as a matter of fact, we have a unique approach. i had my own prosecutors on my staff. i pay their salaries and they are called sig-pros. we have special investigations going on. i don't want to comment on any -- there are speculations and allegations out there and that is good for a

. >> reporter: law enforcement officers from far and near came to american university's bender arenaworn in as deputy u.s. marshalls to help with inaugural coverage. [ inaudible ] a briefing before duty of protecting a president, first family and 500,000 spectators while remaining vigilant. so while they may be enjoying their time in the nation's capital, this is no field trip. >> if the president should get out of the limousine, know where the president is, know where the rest of the secret service is. >> we do have special security details back home, but not to this level. >> reporter: more than 2,000 law enforcement and 6,000 national guard troops from all over the country. >> we don't comment on specific numbers. let's just say a lot. >> reporter: and the transit authority will have its existing force beefed up with officers from other cities. they too are sworn to serve as they would at home. it's a unique kind of confidence. >> it's got a lot of crowds involved, a heavy community component. we're interacting with customers. >> reporter: back on the surface for at least one of t

this was a ceremony at american university's bender arena yesterday. they also got a security briefing and reminders on what to look out for in the crowds. extra officers also arrived in town this weekend to help metro transit police patrol it trains and bus lines. we're watching several developing stories not related to the inauguration. >> it's 4:22. pat lawson muse is in the news 4 studios with more on the stories. good morning. >> good morning, eun and aaron. >> fire investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a house fire that sent a man to the hospital. it broke out in the 6600 block of 24th place near the anacostia river. firefighters arrived at the home to find a man on the front lawn complaining about chest pains. crews rescued several animals from that house. they believe the fire started in the basement. there were no other injuries. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a plane to blow four tires as it landed at the newark airport. it veered off the runway and on to the taxiway last night. eight passengers and

or masters in science, hi tech or engineering from an american university. darren gersh, "n.b.r.," washington. >> susie: joining us now with more about immigration reform, tamar jacoby, president and c.e.o. of immigration works u.s.a. tamar, you heard daren as reported business groups are pushing for immigration reform, others are worried that there might be an economic cost of immigration. how do you see it? what is the economic impact of immigration, what does it -- >> immigrants are critical of economic growth, economic growth is based on two things, innovation and an adequate workforce, immigrants provide both, high skilled immigrants are innovaters and low skilled immigrant does jobs that americans are too educated to do. >> susie: so what does this mean for your, the group that you represent, there are many small businesses. they hire a lot of less skills immigrants. is this going to help or hurt them. is it going to create more competition for those small businesses? >> no, those, the employers i represent desperately want a legal way to hire low-skil

was shunned by the major opposition parties dr sites a direct political sociologist at the american university in cairo says there is little immediate prospect of the situation stabilizing. experience of their logging was a president what what was called the national dialogue has been a failure and so they don't want to give the person the. photo opportunity of the sitting and nothing happens there were many experiences in which opposition would suppose the government and the president agree on something and then after a while you'll find that there was no agreement and that is why he decided not to join also they feel that the president and the government the current government is in top end and so they don't want to give it a new lease of life or maybe it's a board so that the government becomes stronger again so the future this is a time to persia talk as far as we can tell that we are egypt is going to be in for some time before all is the allies of the cost of keeping this conflict is going to be too damaging for everybody once you all realize that nobody is going to be winnowed if this c

or masters in science, hi tech or engineering from an american university. darren gersh, "n.b.r.," washington. >> susie: joining us now with more about immigration reform, tamar jacoby, president and c.e.o. of immigration works u.s.a. tamar, you heard daren as reported business groups are pushing for immigration reform, others are worried that there might be an economic cost of immigration. how do you see it? what is the economic impact of immigration what does it -- >> immigrants are critical of economic growth economic growth is based on two things innovation and an adequate workforce immigrants provide both high skilled immigrants are innovaters and low skilled immigrant does jobs that americans are too educated to do. >> susie: so what does this mean for your, the group that you represent, there are many small businesses. they hire a lot of less skills immigrants. is this going to help or hurt them. is it going to create more competition for those small businesses? >> no those the employers i represent desperately want a legal way to hire low-skilled wor

catch up with bill true in a little while but for now dr saeed sadat go political social at the american university in cairo says his little immediate prospect of stability in his country . the government and the president agree on something and then after a while you'll find that there is no agreement and that is why the decided not to join also they feel that the president and the government the current government is in top end and so they don't want to give it a new lease of life support so that the government becomes strong again to the future this is a time to persia as far as we can tell that we are egypt is going to be on syrian for some time before all part is the allies that the cost of keeping this conflict is going to be too damaging for everybody once you all realize that nobody is going to be winnowed if this conflict continues then you will have democracy as long as everybody some people believe that we will be winning if we keep perjury and decision of the government and the government believes that if they keep persia in the opposition they would be winning there would be no stabili

he heads into the second term. >> for more on that we're joined by the chair of afro-american studies at the university. dr. carr, thank you for getting up this morning. >> my pleasure. >> put in perspective for us. the significance of president obama's election, his second term in the totality of the african-american history. >> well, i mean, i don't know approximate we can overstate the significance. of course, here we are on martin luther king jr.'s birthday, the celebration holiday at any rate. we're looking at the second term of the first african-american president. i think in a very real sense, what we see is a real integration of america's community of african descent into the body politic in a way that is unprecedented. the folks coming to town, who came to town four years ago, who voted in record numbers in the elections of '08 and '12 respectively. we see a marking of the participation in the body politic that has brought us to another level in terms of african-american civic participation i think. >> dr. carr, in terms of the presidency, how do you think history will view president barack ob

to keep families together, " ward green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees at american universitiesre low-skilled workers to enter the country for hard to fill jobs. >> there is no reason to delay. >> the proposal mirrors the president's priorities. >> the very important effort is about engaging the american people. >> advocates are pressuring lawmakers to act. >> we now the momentum is on our side. >> that momentum comes after a tough reaction -- election reality. he won more than 70% of the latino vote. even with bipartisan support, passing the bill will not be easy, especially with conservative republicans in the house. >> we will look at some of our top stories. a twist to the story of a teenager who makes remarkable dolls by hand. >> the older sister of phylicia barnes said she once saw her ex- boyfriend make a pass at the teenager. he is now charged with her murder. >> eating my way through new orleans, learning a lot >> live, local, latebreaking. your insta-weather-plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> the older sister of phylicia barnes told jurors she once saw her ex-boyfri

a new class of green cards for immigrants who have earned and advanced stem degree from an american university. i was especially glad to see that the bipartisan framework introduced yesterday which moves us towards comprehensive immigration reform embraces this. i also welcome president obama's contributions and look forward to hearing what he has to say today in las vegas. there is indeed broad bipartisan agreement that it's long past time to reform our immigration system to make room for foreign-born, american-educated experts who want to apply their skills, start businesses, and raise their families here. at the same time, we have to dramatically improve stem quags available to american citizens, to fill this dramatic gap in these fields. as senator hatch said just a few minutes ago, if you take the example of computer science, by 2020 the u.s. economy will need 120,000 men and women who fill these jobs. yet just 40,000 graduates with degrees in computer science will be americans. how to fill that gap? so the bipartisan legislation we introduce today tackles both sides of this problem by re

if you graduate from an american university and you have the things we need, engineering, chemical andh matt mick -- mathematics you can say and get a green card. >> eric: be realistic, bob. how many illegals here right now have an advanced degree? bops not that many but the ones that are getting through, we have been fortunate they go back home. better to stay here and practice the trades here than go back to china or back to india. there will be a difficult thing. what does it mean you have to have the, the employers have to assure that they are not hiring anybody illegal? the system is not in place -- >> eric: what is illegal anymore. >> kimberly: they are not enforcing the law. >> eric: so you have e verify system. it's illegal. everything i'm reading, it sounds like you can drive. you will get a green card. you pay a fine. let's say that they push this through. it gets through senate and works its way in the next six or eight months by the time they get it to law. how many illegals will come across the border to say i want in under the umbrella? >> dana: i disagree that some emplo

fields at american universities are today earned by foreign-born students who then face an uncertainxpensive than unwieldy path to pursuing their dreams in the united states. our country is hemorrhaging innovation, and the inventors who make it, and the jobs that come with them. because america's immigration laws have failed to keep up with the demands of the modern age. we cannot afford to keep educating the world's brightest students at our leading universities, which i were remind you are subsidized by u.s. tax dollars and american charitable giving. and then telling them they cannot repay those investments by contributing to the u.s. workforce. is both bad policy and bad business. that's what i've been working on this issue since i rise in the senate introducing three bills in calling for the creation of a new class of green cards for immigrants to earn an advanced student agree from an american university. i was glad to see the bipartisan framework released yesterday by senators mccain, schumer, rubio, and others, which moves us towards comprehensive immigration reform, embraces

we need to rebuild our great universities to be centers of access and excellence so that every american

award green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees at american universities. improve the employment verification system. and allow more low-skilled workers to enter the country for hard to fill jobs in areas such as agriculture. >> there's no reason to delay. we are seeing a consensus buildings here. >> the white house says the proposal mirrors the president's priority. he'll unveil his vision tomorrow. >> what you'll see tomorrow is an important part of this effort that is about engaging the american people. >> encouraged immigration reform advocating are pressuring lawmakers to act. >> we know we will win, because we know the momentum is on our side. >> that momentum comes after a tough ease electric reality. prompting some reps to change on immigration. even with biptisan support, pasting the bit, with -- they want to make sure that path toward citizenship doesn't amount to amnesty. reporting live on capitol hill, i'm danielle lee, news4. >>> law enforcement officers from across the country spent the day at the white house today to talk about gun law reform

. >> president obama gave a speech about immigration reform at american university in nl july of 2009 and listened to the speech. at the time, he had a democratic house and a democrat senate. why would he not take advantage and do immigration reform? is it because you can't move multiple bills through congress you? can't eat and chew gum at the same time? or wasn't his heart in it? >> he promised immigration reform in the first year of his presidency and he led off with obamacare and that took all the oxygen out of the room. >> couldn't he do both? >> obamacare took the whole year, the place was divided and bitter. and all the political capital he had in that first year of his presidency, he picked the most divisive issue he could find, rather than bringing us together, he passed a bill on party-line votes, corn husker kickback, louisiana purchase, behind closed door, not one republican voted for it in the senate, if he focused on comprehensive immigration reform in a bipartisan fashion, it would have been done in 2009. >> couldn't they have been done at the same time? there is newno

lenny, professor at american university. >> thanks for having me up in the cold. >> you are a historian and there's a lot we can talk about and we will through the course of this morning. before we talk about policy, the significance of the second term and all of that, we thought it might be fun to talk inauguration trivia. there's so many fun facts, if you will about inaugurations over the years. you were telling us a couple things. first televised inauguration. >> harry truman. first inauguration to stream live on the internet bill clinton 1997. first radio dialled back to the 1920s calvin coolage. >> when they couldn't actually be here. >> they would have heard something different before franklin roosevelt. franklin roosevelt was the first president to initiate the repetition of each line of the oath after the chief justice gives it. before that, they went through the entire oath and the president would say i do. >> very interesting. i did not know that. >> we also saw that president obama will put his hand on the lincoln bible, also a bible used by dr. king. what's the history of th

we let in lots of people from all over the world to study at american universities. >> yes. >> particularlyn science and engineering. >> right. >> and then we throw them out. how would you fix the visa system? >> well, first thing is you attach a green card to the diploma for any graduate student that gets a masters or a ph.d. in any of the stem areas, science and technology. and then you you have more h1b visas to get people here and then if someone is willing to get a business and can get financing, you certainly want to give them a visa because they'll start businesses for americans. and lastly, when you have jobs that we need to get done but americans won't take, like working in the fields, letting the crops rot, or letting the farms move south of the border is just insanity. we need to get people in here. >> i hereby declare -- >> that's a sensible solution that might actually happen. there's also a sensible plan that alas seems a long shot. both parties see the problem. our nation's roads and power lines, bridges and water pipes, are literally falling apart. the problem is, nobody wan

obtain certain advanced degrees from american universities. similar to the president's plan, people here illegally would have to pass background checks, fines and taxes then apply for citizenship behind those already in line for a green card. >> we're not just here to work. we were brought up here. many of us believe ourselves are americans. so that's what we're hoping to become full pledged americans. >> create a system to bring them forward. allow them to settle debt to society and requirements to become law abiding citizens of this country. this is consistent with our country's tradition of being a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. >> so here's the big difference, the senate plan says those pathways to citizenship are contingent on getting boarder security under control. the president does not want it tied to boarder security. it will let congress go ahead and try to pass bipartisan plan and use the white house as a back up as efforts here fail. >> melanie alnwick, thank you. >> speaking of capitol hill, later today there, massachu

so i met peter, and he was teaching a class at the american university. i was fascinated.nows a lot about the bomb, and he told me why we did not have to drop it on japan in 1945. the reasons are very lucidly presented in chapter 3 of our series. that is important to understand that aum of our lives -- i don't know if you're american born? >> american right here, american born and bred. >> it's self-delusional when you go into. >> we tell the history of the american empire and the history of the national security state. as oliver says, tracking it back the to the 1890s up to the present. the thing about is that those same themes recur over and over again. the militaryism and the self-con seated sense of superiority that the united states has, american exceptionalism. the idea that united states is unique among nation, and they're motivated by greed and power and lust. be do things in the world because we're generous and we want to spread freedom and democracy. you don't want on to tell that to the vietnamese and the chileans and tell that to the iraqis or afghans. our hist

government with iranian officials here she's nice to hear professor lecture at american university in washington. the writing has appeared in "the new york times," "politico," foreign policy and washington monthly among others. they came to us last night from virginia, took a late night train and what i'd like to do is turn it over to you for your thoughts and comments to start off. >> thank you very much. i'm going to start for us today. let me thank you much for hosting us to thank you for coming. it's an honor pleasure and we look forward to nature scene discussion today. i'm going to start with two provocative themes from our new book, "going to tehran: why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran". the first of these means, and these two get at the heart of our book. the united states is today enhanced and for the past two years a power and relative decline in the middle east. the second core team as the biggest beneficiary of american ongoing decline in the middle east is the islamic republic of iran. if you're not sure you agree with these proposit

a college football superstar at the most famous of all american universities, star-crossed, ill-fatede romance. mike tobin is trying to put pieces together in chicago and there is fresh news. good evening. >> there is new information. particularly as we are trying to determine who is telling the truth. tao says he learned of the hoax when he got a phone call from the supposed dead girl's phone number, however, he mentioned her again if interviews subsequent to that. december 8 for website publication and then on september 11 for a newspaper. >> from sports fans to sports writers, everyone took the bait. story of a notre dame star losing the love of his life and rebounding to play like a champion. the athletic director says no one was duped more than manti tao. >> the single most trusting human being i ever met will never trust again in his life. that is a tragedy. >> statement from tao reads in part, "to realize i was the victim of someone's sick joke and constant lies was and is painful and humiliating." if tao was a victim he certainly inflated the story on a national platform. the